More and more foreign traders know almost nothing about foreign trade logistics. Many problems sometimes make me feel dizzy when I turn left and right. When it comes to customs clearance, many foreign traders think it is the responsibility of the freight forwarder. In fact, the old bird should know that we are only responsible for transportation. We will try our best to deal with the problems that occur in transportation, but the problem of customs clearance cannot be summarized. To us.
The value-added service of express delivery has caused the biggest misunderstanding of foreign traders for customs clearance:
The four major express delivery (DHL, UPS, FEDEX, TNT) plus some dedicated line channels such as EMS and Aramex, these channels are traditional express delivery industry, door-to-door service, express delivery company unified declaration of all the goods, arrived In the destination country, the courier company will clear all goods in a unified manner, that is to say, the courier company will help you to clear the goods first. However, in this process, if it is because of the problem of your goods and the sensitive goods and the name does not meet the problems that cannot be cleared, then this time DHL or UPS will prompt you to ask the recipient to contact the local DHL or UPS (many foreign trade People are frightened when they see such prompts on the official website. In fact, it is only a small problem. Send an email to the customer and let him contact the local DHL or UPS.)
Many foreign traders, especially novices, may start with a small courier. After leaving DHL, they found out that nothing was wrong. The smooth customs clearance reached the customer, so they began to form in their minds that "freight forwarding can solve customs clearance. The idea of ??"" is slowly entrenched in this kind of thinking. Even if the error is corrected later, it will still be habitually regarded as the responsibility of the freight forwarder.
There is also a kind of foreign trade person who knows clearly that the customs clearance of the destination is the responsibility of the customer, but after the problem, he thinks it is the responsibility of the freight forwarder, because the express delivery is door-to-door, any problems in the middle need You are responsible.
In fact, the customs clearance of goods is very simple (for companies that carry goods), what are the factors that affect customs clearance? The most common influencing factors are different in different countries: the value of goods, the invoices are charged,
The value of goods is most commonly operated by foreign traders. In order to save customs duties for customers, it is normal to write a low declaration, but do not write too low. If the goods are detained because of the low declaration problem, you have considered this issue. ?
The invoice product name, product name and actual goods do not match, this is still relatively rare.
Battery shipments are rigorously investigated for several days each year because of this problem, or the channel suspends access to live products. Some people deliberately concealed and hidden the battery in the goods. When no electricity products came out and were found, just wait for the fastener to be returned.
Sensitive goods, there are too many sensitive goods in the market, generally for sensitive goods, the freight forwarder will have the company's sensitive channels to run these goods, basically the sensitive channels are more insured, and the goods can smoothly reach the customers. Factors, as well as the reasons for certain channels in certain countries to determine customs clearance issues, such as the 20KG smart watch and headband I sent yesterday to take the Aramex line to Saudi Arabia, you must provide a copy of the ID of the receiving customer, this is me The first time I saw the Saudi ID card, I was surprised to read it.
Therefore, I hope that all foreign traders remember that the customs clearance process, except for the market double clearance channels, is responsible for any problems by foreign customers, and has nothing to do with transportation and sellers. Of course, sometimes in order to maintain the customer, the transporter and the seller will try their best to help the customer solve the customs clearance problem, but do not confuse the concept over time.